Social pedagogues help people who require assistance with managing their everyday lives. They support learning processes and accompany people through difficult periods in their lives, and get to know people with difficult and troubled backgrounds. Social pedagogy is a rewarding but demanding profession; social pedagogues must be willing to continually work on their own personal development.
This course was developed in collaboration with Lower Austria’s child and youth welfare services department.
BA in Social Pedagogy in partnership with Saxion University of Applied Sciences
St. Pölten UAS is the first university of applied sciences in Austria to offer students the opportunity to gain a bachelor degree awarded by a Dutch university. By completing additional courses worth 60 ECTS, graduates of the Social Pedagogy Certificate Course will be awarded a BA in Social Pedagogy.
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- Duration: 60 ECTS (corresponds to approximately 2 semesters)
- Recognition of work performed:
- In total, bachelor studies in the Netherlands last four years (240 ECTS).
- The Saxion University of Enschede, in the context of the cooperation, recognises 180 ECTS from the Academic Course Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS and an additional 30 ECTS from the Master Course Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS.
- Progression of the training:
- After completion of the Academic Course Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS, students will be enrolled as degree students in the Bachelor Programme Social Work at the Saxion University of Enschede and at the same time as non-degree students in the Master Course Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS.
- Students complete 30 ECTS as part of the Master Course in Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS (Module "Minor in Diversity and Inclusion"). These 30 ECTS will be credited by the Saxion University of Enschede.
- The further 30 ECTS will be completed via distance learning online at the Saxion University of Enschede.
- The bachelor examination is taken by the students at the Saxion University of Enschede.
- Afterwards, the graduates can optionally complete the remaining 60 ECTS in the Master Course in Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS and thereby obtain the master degree.
- Organisational form: extra-occupational (blocked periods of attendance combined with a high proportion of self-organised and internet-based learning)
- Course fees at St. Pölten UAS: EUR 1,250 - per semester + ÖH contribution, plus any possible accommodation, food as well as travel expenses incurred
- Course fees at the Saxion Hogeschool Enschede: Students pay the statutory tuition fees directly to the Saxion University (currently EUR 2,006 - per study year / EUR 1,003 - per semester, the amount is recalculated annually in the Netherlands, see: https://www.saxion.de/site/studieren-an-der-saxion/infos-zum-studium/finanzieren-foerdern/), plus any possible accommodation, food as well as travel expenses incurred.
- Training site: St. Pölten UAS, bachelor examination taken at the Saxion University of Enschede.
- Entrance requirement: Successful completion of the Academic Course Social Pedagogy at St. Pölten UAS
Contact
St. Pölten UAS: Christine Schmid
Saxion Hogeschool Enschede: Alexander Klein